ISWI – SCOSTEP International School on Space Weather (ISSW)

5 – 9 January 2026

Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India

Scientific Program (tentative)

Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
10:00–11:00
Inaugural Session
B.P.Sing Auditorium
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Lecture 1- Solar Interior, Dynamo and Drivers of Activity
Speaker: S. P. Rajaguru, IIA, India
12:30–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00
Lecture 2- Solar Observations from the ground and space
Speaker: Prof. Nandita Srivastava,PRL-USO, India
15:00–15:20
Coffee Break
15:20–16:20
Lecture 3- Solar flares and transient events
Speaker: Dr. Reetika Joshi, NASA-GFSC, USA
16:20–16:40
Coffee Break
16:40–17:40
Lecture 4- Solar Transient Events and their Heliospheric Consequences
Speaker: Dr. Nat Gopalswamy, NASA-GFSC, USA
10:00–11:00
Lecture 5 - How is solar wind energy and momentum transferred to the magnetosphere?
Speaker: Dr. Ramon Lopez, University of Texas Arlington, USA
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Lecture 6 - Fundamentals of magnetospheric current systems during storms and substorms
Speaker: Prof. Y. Ebihara, RISH, Kyoto University, Japan.
12:30–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00
Hands -on 1
Group A: : S.P. Rajguru, Group B: Nandita Srivastava, Group C: Reetika Joshi, Group D: Ramon Lopez
15:00–15:20
Coffee Break
15:20–16:20
Lecture 7- Magnetospheric ring current and Geomagnetic storm
Speaker: Prof. S. Tulasiram, IIG, India
16:20–16:40
Coffee Break
16:40–17:40
Hands On 2
Group A & Group B : Nat Gopalswamy, Group C: S.P.Rajaguru, Group D:Nandita Srivastava
10:00–11:00
Lecture 8- Magnetospheric dynamics in the MHD approximation and it's connection to auroral ionosphere
Speaker:Prof. K. Shiokawa, ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Lecture 9- Ground-based and in-situ studies of ionospheric plasma irregularities and related space weather effects
Speaker: Prof. W. J. Miloch, University of Oslo, Norway
12:30–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00
Hands On 3
Group A: Ramon Lopez, Group B: S.P.Rajaguru, Group C:Nandita Srivastava, Group D: Reetika Joshi
15:00–15:20
Coffee Break
15:20–16:20
Hands On 4
Group A: Nandita Srivastava, Group B: Reetika Joshi, Group C:Ramon Lopez, Group D: S.P.Rajaguru
16:20–16:40
Coffee Break
16:40–17:40
Hands On 5
Group A: Reetika Joshi, Group B:Raman Lopez, Group C & Group D: Nat Gopalswamy
10:00–11:00
Lecture 10- Following the sources of penetrating electric field and geomagnetically induced current from Earth's magnetosheath to the ground
Speaker: Dr. Delores Knipp, University of Colarado, USA
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Lecture 11- Satellite orbital drag during magnetic storms: From Sputnik beepings to Starlink fireballs
Speaker: Dr. D. Oliveira, NASA-GFSC, USA
12:30–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00
Hands On 6
Group A: Y.Ebihara, Group B: S.Tulasiram, Group C: K.Shiowkawa, Group D: W.J. Miloch
15:00–15:20
Coffee Break
15:20–16:20
Hands On 7
Group A: Delores Knipp, Group B: Denny Oliveira, Group C: Y. Ebihara, Group D: S. Tulasiram
16:20–16:40
Coffee Break
16:40–17:40
Hands On 8
Group A: K. Shiokawa, Group B: W.J.Miloch, Group C: Delores Knipp, Group D: Denny Oliveira
10:00–11:00
Hands On 9
Group A: W.J.Miloch, Group B: Y. Ebihara, Group C: S. Tulasiram, Group D: Delores Knipp
11:00–11:30
Coffee Break
11:30–12:30
Hands On 10
Group A: Denny Oliveira, Group B: Delores Knipp, Group C: W.J. Miloch, Group D: K.Shiokawa
12:30–14:00
Lunch Break
14:00–15:00
Hands On 11
Group A: S.Tulasiram, Group B: K. Shiokawa, Group C: Denny Oliveira, Group D: Y.Ebihara
15:00–15:20
Coffee Break
15:20–16:20
Public Lecture - Astronomy from ground and space based observatories
Speaker: Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam, IIA, India
16:20–16:40
Coffee Break
16:40–17:40
Valedictory Session